SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary-level community in ALBANY, New York, part of SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Within SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,040 students, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 15% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of +5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Albany County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).

ALBANY-SCHOHARIE-SCHENECTADY-SARATOGA BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 64% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.